A NEW WEEK.. AND A NEW ROUND OF POLITICAL ATTACKS. THIS TIME --IT'S THE BATTLE BETWEEN TWO TOP CONTENDERS FOR MIKE JOHANNS SEAT IN THE U-S SENATE. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ADRIAN WHITSETT IS LIVE. SHANE OSBORN SAYS HE'S A PROVEN FISCAL CONSERVATIVE WHO LED RALLIES AGAINST OBAMACARE. BEN SASSE SAYS HE SPENT HIS CAREER FIXING BROKEN INSTITUTIONS - CURRENT ADS PAINT THEM BOTH AS BELONGING TO WASHINGTON...NO T NEBRASKA. LESS THAN A MONTH TO THE PRIMARY -- THE RACE FOR SENATE HEATS UP.(AD: "Osborn's campaign is funded by Washington Lobbyists who support Obamacare.")(Adrian Obamacare lobbysists? Shane Osborn: "No that's just not SHANE OSBORN SAYS THIS NEW AD TRIES TO PAINT HIM AS AN INSIDER -- AND DISTORT HIS RECORD.(AD: Osborn engaged in employees at three different locations got together for a working lunch of about 600 make it seem i was frivolous with taxpayer dollars is just ridiculous.") THE AD COMES FROM A PAC CALLED "ENSURING A CONSERVATIVE NEBRASKA -IT'S SINGULAR DONOR, FOR 100- THOUSAND DOLLARS.-- BEN SASSE'S GREAT UNCLE RUPERT DUNKLAU. TYLER GRASSMEYER "As the law allows, five months ago, Ben introduced his great-uncle to a political action committee and asked him to make a $5,000 contribution to the group. Ben loves his great-uncle, but those who know Rupert know he's an opinionated man and nobody tells him what to do. We are running a positive campaign, law, neither Ben nor our campaign coordinated any messaging or spending with this group." GRASSMEYER SAYS OSBORN'S THE ONE PLAYING DIRTY.(AD: "when you watch those ads for Ben Sasse, know they're coming from special SASSE'S CAMPAIGN SAYS HE'S RAISED MORE INSIDE NEBRASKA THAN OSBORN. THAT OSBORN DRAGGED THE CAMPAIGN INTO THE GUTTER AND "WILL SAY OR DO ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED."(AD: "Sasse spent more time working in Washington than Nebraska nearly a decade as a government bureaucrat. Still owns a home there.") SASSE'S CAMPAIGN SAYS IT WAS ONLY FOUR YEARS AND TWO MONTHS. AND THAT THE HOME IS AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY -- OSBORN STANDS BY HIS AD --AND HIS RECORD.(Shane Osborn: "Even though there are millions of dollars being spent against me by DC establishment groups, their next US senator is, not washington DC.") OSBORN SAYS HE'S THE ONLY NEBRASKA COUNTIES. AND SAYS HIS ENDORSEMENTS FROM VETERANS GROUPS, SHERIFFS, CONSERVATIVE STATE SENATORS, AND HAL DAUB AMONG OTHERS SHOW HE'S FOR NEBRASKA. HE ALSO SAYS HE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT áOUTSIDERS COMING IN TO CAMPAIGN FOR HIS OPPONENT. BACK TO YOU.

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